From our favorite food blogger ever, I'm reposting her long and fabulous list of great restaurants in Lima, Peru. Because Allie is our favorite food blogger and because Lima!!! We are dying to go there (and eat there). In Love with Lima Part 1: The Restaurant Bible – Pick Up The Fork. Our esteem for [...]

Take an overnight bus to Iguazu. Bike from Patagonia to Alaska. Drive from North America to South America. Or hang out in Buenos Aires for three full months. The best tips come from our past guests.

Salta is the most colonial of cities in Argentina and the surrounding landscape and indigenous small pueblos make a visit of at least a week well worthwhile. Guest blogger Tracy Johnson recommends a few places to stay and eat in the city and two amazing circuits to experience Salta's stunning nature.

Rowdy folklore and dancing, skillful horsemanship, manly gauchos (Argentinean cowboys), inexhaustible amounts of grilled meat, empanadas, and other regional foods, fairly priced and beautifully handcrafted arts & crafts. Oh, yes. I do love the Feria de Mataderos. It’s one of my favorite Sunday activities in Buenos Aires. Watch our video to see if you want to add Mataderos to your list of things to do in Buenos Aires.

Just north of Punta del Este is a trendy little town called La Barra where we found two great hostels. We showed up at the busiest time of the year, so one was booked, but we found beds at the other.

Is it possible to go to Uruguay in January without any plans? Stay tuned. We'll post again when we get back in three days.

We went to the town of Adrogue for a cooking class where Teresita taught us to make the best beef and corn empanadas I've ever had. We loved Teresita, loved her home, and devoured the empanadas.